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What’s the proof – what am I getting at
Vocabulary word of the data: Agnotology http://www.qwiki.com/q/#Robert_N._Proctor
Or if you prefer the classical term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscurantism
Some other concepts that are important here: Cognitive Dissonance and Semmelweis reflex among others
The $3.5M Sequoia investment wasn't very risky considering Chad, Steve and Jawed had over $20M collectively in 2004. I have a negative net worth (school loans). Who the hell would invest in someone who had no way of paying you back? When I approached firms and individual investors with YouTube as a business concept from 1998-2003, they all declined.